My daughter wants food ALL the time!!?

Question

She will be 1 in 6 days. She is on the 70th percentile for weight (she weighs 21 pounds) so I am afraid she is getting too heavy for her age. My husband & I are both 5'5 so she is short, just like our other daughter, at 1 our other daughter weighed 18 pounds. Which was a little underweight. I feed her a serving of food at breakfast lunch and dinner and then also snacks, but she cries all day long and sucks her thumb like she is starving. And I don't starve her I will give her things to snack on. She also is drinking milk and juice during the day too. (she is off formula). When we go out anywhere we bring snacks and 2 drinks and she eats them and drinks them and still cries. Please help me what is going on with her? Maybe she is using food as a comfort and that is NOT a good thing is it??! Our other daughter (almost 4) does pretty much the same thing, just wants to eat allllll day long! But she is only 30 pounds so she is a little under average. Help please!?

To people saying Im putting her on a diet or should - I DONT HAVE HER ON A DIET. Obviously. The nurse said she is in the 70th percentile for weight. I didnt come up with this on my own. She said she is "short and chunky". But my husband & I are both 5'5 so she is going to be short. Our other daughter is short too. Thanks to the people being understanding and offering other alternatives. Sounds like the teething could be a part of it....

and I do feed her when shes hungry! God I cannot stand some of you jerks on here! Take your negativity elsewhere! She is not obese or on the verge of being obese. Here is a picture of her see for yourself psychos.

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc299/MRS-MYSSI/NEW014.jpg

I guess I am confused as to why the nurse would say that to me, like I should be worried. I feed my kids the right stuff.

Answer 1

I find nurses dont always know what they are talking about alot are by the book!! No offense to any nurses but I know some can be judgemental!!
My now 4 year old was and IS the same way !! All day long I hear "I am hungry" argghhh but I just give her healthy alternitives which I am sure you do already..have you tried keeping her busy doing other things?? easier said then done I KNOW;)


She was a BIG 18 month old not FAT just a bigger girl then my first too and she still is she was 20lbs at 6 months(just looked at her immunisation form) ya I know it sounds big but she has a different build then my first. Dont worry !! You are a great mom !!!!!!!!!!

Best wishes to you :)

I just looked at your pic and AWWWWWW how cute :)

Answer 2

You have a BEAUTIFUL baby and she's not a pound too fat. What does the pediatrician say?

So long as the snacks and foods you feed her are nutritious, I say, let her eat. If she becomes in the, say 90th percentile, you'll need to investigate what is driving this need to eat. Maybe she's just teething!

I answered a complaint from a lady yesterday who had the opposite problem. Her baby would eat 2 cheerios for breakfast. She couldn't get her baby to eat more than a couple of teaspoons of food. This had been going on for quite some time.

Given the two situations, I'd go with the eater anytime. Your situation is much better than hers. Best wishes. Give that cutie a kiss for me. Can't wait to be a g-ma.

TX Mom

Answer 3

In the first few sentences, I can tell you this, your daughter is fine. The avg. 1 year weighs 20lbs, one pound more is nothing!! the 70% percentile is a good thing! Also if a child has gas bubbles in their tummy it is their instinct to sooth it, so they will either eat more (because it can be confused with hunger if it isn't that bad) or they will cry from the pain. Also she could be getting a few new teeth which causes a low grade fever and it makes her cranky. Your 4 year old sounds like a high metabolizm. I wouldn;t worry you sound like a good mom. Be grateful she isn't like a 2.5 year old that I know of that is 40 lbs. You are doing fine, relax.

Answer 4

Humans by nature cannot tell the difference between "hunger" and "thirst" until they are 'really' thirsty.

Your daughter may be thirsty, not for milk, not for juice, but for water. She gets a bit of water in the milk, but not enough to sate the desire, so she wants something else. She gets a bit from the juice, but the sugar makes her even more thirsty. She gets full from the snacks, but is still thirsty and so wants more....

Feed her at meal time. Give her milk at meal time and before going to bed if thats her thing. For snacks give her water.

You will find out quickly if this is the case, water will fill her up and sate her thirst. She will feel better, and become healthier.

Answer 5

Cute kid--you know the best bet is to feed on demand. I don't pay attention to those charts b/c it creates bad body image later on in life. My son is 32 mos and has been the same way, now he's a big boy (not fat but like a football player) and that's his genetic makeup and he'll complain every two hours he's starving. I feed my kids when they're hungry and If I think they've had enuf food but they're complaining that they're starving, I give them half a fruit or a slice of cheese or something of that nature

Answer 6

Your kids may be going through a growth-spurt. Don't deprive them- when kids are hungry, they'll eat, and when they're not, they won't. I've got three kids, all of which are perfectly healthy- and they eat three meals a day, plus lots of healthy snacks and drinks throughout the day. Leave healthy snacks on the table at kid-level so that they can snack if they're hungry. At a year old, your baby can't express what she wants, so her only way to tell you is for her to cry- feed her. Also, at that age, their stomachs are MUCH smaller than ours, so they eat smaller meals, and digest them faster. Don't worry about her getting fat. As long as she's getting healthy food, and is up and moving, she's going to be fine.

Answer 7

I seems such as you assert her consistent choose for nutrition is above and previous the conventional point of toddlers soliciting for nutrition and greater snacks. And what others have mentioned are all real. I might desire to ask this how ever....once you daughter replaced into an infant did she have issues eating? As in no longer desirous to suckle? Did she have low muscle tone? I ask because of the fact there's a illness that's genetic in nature, each parent is the two in threat of giving delivery to a newborn with this illness. toddlers frequently have the the low muscle tone and may be categorized "failure to thrive" syndrome in infancy. correct to the age of three they replace into starving. they're hungry all the time. Their metabolism is amazingly very sluggish. They in many situations additionally are shorter in stature besides. If any of this sounds on the edge of your daughter then you certainly ought to have her genetically examined for Prader Willi Syndrome. the faster intervention is began the greater constructive for any newborn.

Answer 8

Normally giving a child anything but milk for the first year is a precursor for childhood obesity. But honestly, I wouldn't worry about her weight. You should feel fortunate for haivng a child with a healthy appetite. My son is sooo finiky. It takes all i can to get him to eat. Honestly when he says he is hungry I gladly feed him until he's full! I think your child is fine. She's too young to worry about weight. I have a cousin who's baby is only 4 months old and he's already 18 pounds. Trust me your one year old at 21 pounds is perfect.

Answer 9

Your worried about her weight because she's in the 70th percentile? You can't put a baby on a diet!! The doctor should also tell you if her height and weight are proportionate, and thats what should matter. My son is 11 months, weighs 25 lbs and 30 inches tall, and is in the 90th percentile. His height & weight are proportionate, so he's just a big kid. Maybe she's teething and thats why she is sucking her thumb?

Answer 10

Well my son is 6 months and weights 21 lb, and the doctor says he is just healthy as can be. She said wants he starts moving more, he should lose more weight. So if your 1 year old weights 21 lbs, it sounds to me that she is a healthy baby. But if your still concerned for her, call your baby's doctor, and ask them if they think she is over weight and if she is, what you can do to help her. I wish you the best of luck, and sorry I can't help anymore then that.